SCIENCE

• biochemistry - branch of both biology and chemistry. It is the study of the substances found in living organisms
• Saccharide - from greek sakcharon meaning sugar
• Galactose - from greek word for milk galact, found as a components of lactos in milk. Does not occure free in nature
• Polysaccharide - carbohydrates that contains ten monosaccharide units or more
• Maltose - french word for malt, a disaccharide containing two units of glucose, found in germinating grains, used to make beers
• Starch - stored carbohydrate in plants
• Peptide bond - a chemical bond formed between two molecules
• Triglyceride - the final 3D shape of a single polypeptide molecule
• Biomolecules - organic molecules being produced by living organisms
• Glucose - from greek word for sweet wine, grape sugar, blood sugar, dextrose
• Monosaccharide - simple sugar
• Lactose - latin word for milk - lact, a disaccharide found in milk containing glucose and galactose
• Cellulose - major components of the plants cell wall
• Amino acid - building blocks of proteins
• Carbohydrates - chief source of energy of almost all living organisms
• Fructose - found in fruits and honey, sweetest sugar
• Disaccharide - contain two monosaccharides units bound together by covalent bond know as a glycosidic bond
• Sucrose - a disaccharide made of glucose and fructose
• Glycogen - stored carbohydrates in animals
• Protein - complex biomolecules that contain amino acid linked through the peptide bonds